# lege
## English
### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ/
* Rhymes: -ɛdʒ

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lege (uncountable)
* (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.

### Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

#### Verb

lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)
* (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
** 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms:Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome.

### Etymology 3

Clipping of legend.

#### Alternative forms

* leg, ledge

#### Noun

lege (uncountable)
* (UK, Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.
    Synonym: ledgebag

### See also

* nulla pœna sine lege

### Anagrams

* Egle, glee

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lajə/, [ˈlɑːɪ]
* Homophone: leje

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to jump, play”), cognate with Norwegian leike, leke, Swedish leka, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan).

#### Verb

lege (past tense legede, past participle leget)
* to play
* to spawn

##### Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

##### Derived terms

* legebarn
* legebord
* legehus
* legekammerat
* legeland
* legemulighed
* legeområde
* legeonkel
* legeplads
* legeredskab
* legerum
* legesager
* legestue
* legesyg
* legetante
* legetek
* legetid
* legeting
* legetøj
* legevogn
* legeværelse
* legeværk

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lege c
* indefinite plural of leg

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːɣə

### Verb

lege
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of legen

### Anagrams

* egel, geel, gele, leeg

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

lege
* inflection of legen:
** first-person singular present
** singular imperative
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I

## Interlingua
### Noun

lege (plural leges)
* law

### Verb

lege
* present of leger
* imperative of leger

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

### Noun

lege m (plural leges)
* law

#### Related terms

* leal

## Latin
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈle.ɡe/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈle.d͡ʒe/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]

#### Verb

lege
* second-person singular present active imperative of legō

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈleː.ɡe/, [ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈle.d͡ʒe/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]

#### Noun

lēge
* ablative singular of lēx

## Lombard
### Alternative forms

* legg, lesg (Milanese classical orthography)
* legge (Cremonese orthography)
* lez (Brescian classical orthography)

### Etymology

From Latin lex, legem (“law”).

### Pronunciation

* (Modern Western) IPA: /ˈleːdʒ(e)/, [leːtʃ], [ˈleːdʒe]
* (Modern Eastern) IPA: /ˈleːdʒe/, [ˈledʒe]
* (Classical Western) IPA: /ˈleːz/, [leːʃ]
* (Classical Eastern) IPA: /ˈleːz/, [les]

### Noun

lege f (plural legi)
* law
* rule

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

#### Alternative forms

* leege, leke, leuge, lewke, liege

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛːɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛu̯ɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛːk(ə)/

#### Noun

lege (plural leges)
* league (unit of meaurement)

##### Descendants

* English: league

##### References

* “lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige, liege; further etymology is disputed.

#### Alternative forms

* leege, legge, legi, leyge, liage, liege, lyege, lyge

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)/

#### Noun

lege (plural leges or lege)
* (One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
* A hireling or servant; one serving under another.
* (rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.

##### Related terms

* lege man
* legiaunce

##### Descendants

* English: liege
* Scots: liege

##### References

* “lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

#### Adjective

lege
* Able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
* Pledged to obey one's superiors; subject to duty by an authority.
* (rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.

##### Descendants

* English: liege

##### References

* “lẹ̄ǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish læge.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /leː.ɡɛ/, [²leː.ɡə]

### Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)
* a doctor (medical)
    Legen min sa at jeg har fått influensa.My doctor said that I got the flu.

#### Synonyms

* doktor

### Verb

lege (imperative leg, present tense leger, passive leges, simple past lega or leget or legte, past participle lega or leget or legt, present participle legende)
* to heal, cure

#### Related terms

lækje (Nynorsk)

### Derived terms

* hudlege
* legekunst
* legemiddel
* livlege
* overlege
* tannlege
* øyelege

### References

* “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* (doctor): læge (dialectal)

### Etymology 1

From Danish læge through Norwegian Bokmål lege. Compare also lækjar, from lækja (“to heal”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leː.ɡə/

#### Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)
* Synonym of lækjar (“doctor, physician”)

##### Derived terms

* anestesilege
* assistentlege
* augelege
* barnelege
* bedriftslege
* distriktslege
* dyrlege
* fastlege
* fylkeslege
* hudlege
* huslege
* kvinnelege
* legeattest
* legeerklæring
* legefråsegn
* legehjelp
* legekunst
* legemiddel
* legeplante
* legeråd
* legesenter
* legestand
* legevakt
* legevitskap
* livlege
* overlege
* sesjonslege
* sjelelege
* sjukehuslege
* skipslege
* spesiallege
* stadslege
* sårlege
* tannlege

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse lega.

#### Alternative forms

* lega, lego, legu, logo, lugu (all superseded and/or dialectal)

#### Noun

lege f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)
* the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)
* a place where something lies, e.g. an animal
* any kind of resting place for livestock and it's shepherd (usually high in the mountains, especially in Setesdalsheiene)

##### Derived terms

* attlege
* dødslege
* landlege
* nattlege
* nedlege
* samlege
* sengelege
* sjukelege
* ulege
* utelege

### Etymology 3
#### Participle

lege
* neuter singular of legen

#### Verb

lege
* supine of liggje
* supine of ligge

### References

* “lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈle.je/

### Verb

leġe
* singular imperative of leċġan

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.

### Verb

lege
* to lay
* to put, to place

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈled͡ʒe/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin lēgem, accusative of lēx, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).

#### Noun

lege f (plural legi)
* law
* (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence
    Synonyms: religie, credință

##### Related terms

* legal
* legitim

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lege
* third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of lega